it’s not easy being newsApril 30, 2012: So I had all this material, or so I thought, saved up for my penultimate post—it was going to be about Marisa Crawford’s amazing, scary, sexy book The Haunted House, which I fell hard for [...]by Stephen Burt

on spontaneityApril 23, 2012: I’ve started tweeting regularly now (@accommodatingly), in part because it’s a way to stay connected to the rest of the world through my phone, without getting caught up in unfinished [...]by Stephen Burt

Hi, Howard, I’m backApril 16, 2012: Frankly, Jessie and I don’t get out that much this year. We did, however, manage to see a reunion of the terrific indiepop and indie-rock bands Honeybunch and Small Factory on Saturday night in [...]by Stephen Burt

names against the landApril 11, 2012: Thursday I flew into, and yesterday I flew out of, the Washington, D.C. transit hub formerly known as Washington National Airport, now designated by act of Congress as Ronald Reagan Washington [...]by Stephen Burt

Once More into the Steel CageApril 5, 2012: On Monday Kathleen Rooney shared a remarkable exercise for students, or really for anyone, in creative writing or in any other class where poems get interpreted, appreciated, evaluated, analyzed and [...]by Stephen Burt

National Poetry Month cancelledApril 2, 2012: [Editor’s Note: Note the date: This was an April Fool’s joke. National Poetry Month is alive and well. Visit the Academy of American Poets for details.] CHICAGO, APRIL 1—April 2012 will [...]by Stephen Burt

Pandora’s gift (2)April 30, 2011: I think I remember accurately the last time I bought, or otherwise sought out, a book of brand new poetry based on a critic’s printed poetry criticism (not a chat or a live event, but something [...]by Stephen Burt